Shelton woman charged in overdose death of boyfriend

TRUMBULL -- A Shelton woman has been arrested on drug charges in connection with the December drug overdose of her 27-year-old boyfriend in Trumbull.

Denise Fiorito, 28, of Wake Robin Road, surrendered to local police after being informed there was a warrant for her arrest.

Fiorito was charged with possession of narcotics, and two counts of failing to keep drugs in their original container. She was released on a written promise to appear in court pending arraignment in Superior Court on Thursday.

According to the arrest warrant affidavit, on Dec. 17, police and emergency personnel responding to a call of a medical emergency at Calhoun Avenue discovered the body of 27-year-old Mark Orkisz in a bedroom in a home there.

The affidavit continues that Fiorito, who was at the scene, told officers that she was Orkisz's girlfriend. She said they had been in his bedroom drinking wine and taking OxyContin pills when Orkisz complained of not feeling well.

The affidavit states that the couple went to sleep and when Fiorito woke up the next morning Orkisz felt very cold and she couldn't wake him up.

Inside Fiorito's purse at the scene police found several Xanax pills that Fiorito said she had taken from her grandmother, the affidavit states.

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